Re: Beyond #499 . . .
| March 22, 2017 12:37AM |
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Herb Kelsey Wrote:
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> by 1883 {the D&RG} stopped that "next up" numbering
> and moved standard gauge engines into the 500s and
> beyond.
Hmmmm -
Since the narrow gauge engines were up to #499 by 1930, maybe it's a good thing the Rio Grande never ordered any of those narrow-gauge articulateds we've all spent so much time speculating about - the D&RGW would have had to re-number a bunch of standard-gauge engines to make room for them!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> by 1883 {the D&RG} stopped that "next up" numbering
> and moved standard gauge engines into the 500s and
> beyond.
Hmmmm -
Since the narrow gauge engines were up to #499 by 1930, maybe it's a good thing the Rio Grande never ordered any of those narrow-gauge articulateds we've all spent so much time speculating about - the D&RGW would have had to re-number a bunch of standard-gauge engines to make room for them!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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